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10. New Hope

Another Secret

Apov

Where should I go, Jasper or sisters?

I hadn't even decided when my legs started walking towards the back of the English block. No one was there, but I waited.

After five minutes I was just about to give up but a figure ran towards me. He looked surprised to see me there.

"Wow, I didn't expect you would come Alice," Jasper said, surprised. I felt suddenly soothed by the way he had said my name. He looked very tired, as he had dark rings under his eyes. He stayed silent for a moment, until I realised I was supposed to say something.

"I almost didn't. I wasn't sure what to do," I said shyly. "Do you still want to know?" He asked hesitantly. I nodded.

He began awkwardly. "Well…,"
I leaned against the wall behind me.

Later

I couldn't speak. I had been through a lot lately. Moving from Phoenix to this dull town, getting a first boyfriend, breaking up with him the same day he became my boyfriend, acting and feeling depressed for a while, finding out about Edward, then this. We were silent for five minutes until Jasper finally spoke.

"A-are you alright, Alice?" He raised his hand to reach to me, but put it back down again. "Is this really true? It's not that I can't believe something so horrible could happen, as I've seen worse (doesn't mean your situation isn't serious, though), but…" My voice trailed off. He smiled sympathetically. "Yeah, it's true, however much I wish it wasn't."

We were silent for another few minutes. I gazed at the ground, and sensed Jasper coming towards me. I looked up. I didn't move, but smiled slightly. We were inches apart, and our heads tilted towards each other slightly. I threw my arms around his neck and pulled him towards me as his lips met mine, gentle and soft.

Half an Hour Later After School

Bpov

I darted in and out of empty classrooms, searching for Alice. I kept calling her name, each time becoming more frantic. I avoided any teacher. I found Rosalie, who looked as if she was going to cry, and together we kept searching. We decided to search outside, and looked around every building. We avoided the technology block. Suddenly a short figure appeared in the car park.

"Alice!" I yelled in relief and anger. I and Rosalie sprinted towards Alice then Rosalie started shaking Alice's shoulders as a tear of relief and worry slid down her cheek. Alice stared at us, slightly bemused. Annoyance flared inside me. "Where have you been?" Rosalie asked through gritted teeth.

"I…I'm sorry. I had to see my…History teacher. She wanted to talk to me because…my grades were slipping…"She trailed off awkwardly.

"And that took forty-five minutes?" I asked, not really believing her. She glared at me. "Yes, it did." If she was telling the truth, she had a good excuse. Jasper sat next to her in that class. Her teacher was the only teacher that refused to change the seating plan.

We entered my car and was silent the whole trip home. Alice seemed slightly happier than usual. Not the slightly forced cheeriness anymore.

I remembered something just as I parked outside our house. I ran into the house and found Renee in the kitchen.

"Is he in-" I whispered, hoping it wasn't true. Renee, who was surprised that I'd guess so quickly, nodded her head. "I need to go. I'll be back in an hour." Rosalie and Alice had just come in, and stared at me questioningly. I rushed back out of the house into the car and started driving towards the local hospital.

At the Hospital

"Is there an Edward Masen in here?" I asked hurriedly to the receptionist. She looked through her computer. "Sorry, no one called Edward here." I thought quickly. Edward would want to hide his identity-from his parents' maybe, and forced Renee not to tell anyone his name. "Is there a person who was submitted to the hospital a few hours ago, and refused to tell anyone his name?" I crossed my fingers, hoping.

"Wait, let me see…" She browsed through her computer again. "There it is! He's in the emergency wards." I inwardly started panicking. Emergency wards?!

"Thank you so much! Finally, would you mind informing me of which doctor he's got?" She frowned slightly at me.

"Dr. C. Cullen. Is that all?" She asked.

I almost cried out in horror. "Yeah. Thanks again." I hurried along the emergency wards, looking out for Edward. I drew slowly to a halt as I saw his familiar figure on a bed. "Edward," I whispered. His eyes were closed and his skin was much paler than usual. He was sleeping.

I heard someone walking towards me. I span around. It was Dr. Cullen. "Who are you? Do you know this boy?" He asked, eyes full of intelligence. "Wait. I know you. You were in that Biology class a few hours ago." I nodded shyly.

"Is Ed-he the reason why you had to leave so quickly in a rush?" I stammered.

"Yes. Do you know him?"

I didn't know if I should tell him or not. After all, Edward hadn't wanted Renee to reveal his identity. "Yes. H-he's in some of my classes at school."

"Please will you tell me his name, as Renee could be questioned by the police." I mentally raised an eyebrow. My Dad was the Head of Police, but I still wondered whether

Dr. Cullen started writing a few words on his clipboard. He seemed to guess from my behaviour that something very bad had happened to Edward to get him in this state. "H-how is he, sir?" I asked quietly.

"Call me Carlisle. He's quite fragile at the moment from loss of blood. He was unconscious when a woman called Renee called for an ambulance. What is your name, may I ask?" He looked down at me gently.

"Bella." I bit my lip nervously.

"Bella…?"

"Swan," I prayed that the ambulance people hadn't asked for Renee's full name. Unfortunately, they had.

"Are you one of Renee's daughters?" I couldn't take this anymore. Worry took hold of me and tears started running down my cheek and I accidently let out a small, hysterical sob.

A Few Minutes Later

I was sitting on a seat next to Edward's bed as I calmed down. Carlisle sat next to me, telling me a few things about himself. "…I've always wanted a child but my wife had an illness. We've thought about adopting in the past but we're still not sure." I told him about my sisters were adopted-I felt I could trust him. I also told him how I was interested in becoming a doctor. He smiled, urging me to carry on.

When She Gets Back Home

As I walked through the front door I headed up to my room. Just as I reached my bedroom door Alice and Rosalie burst out of their rooms and continually asked me questions. "STOP it! Leave me alone!" I yelled. I entered my room and slammed the door shut.

I went back downstairs for tea and we ate silently. I broke the silence. "S-sorry. I was just feeling stressed and I took it out on you. Sorry." I mumbled, looking down, not daring to glance at my sisters.

"It doesn't matter. It was our fault for suddenly wrecking your head with questions when you were feeling upset," Alice's face was solemn and innocent as she spoke when I looked up. I could see something deep in her eyes, humour? She turned her face away too soon for me to see. I sighed, giving up. She exchanged a meaningful glance with Rosalie and the corners of their mouths twitched upwards slightly. "Tell me," I ordered, knowing that if I left it until later, it would be a bigger shock.

"No!" Alice exclaimed defiantly. I glared at her menacingly.

"Or else I'll do something you won't like," I smiled knowingly, but had no idea what I'd really do to her. She huffed and her bottom lip stuck out. "You need cheering up don't you? And you made a promise a while ago for me, but you seem to have forgotten about it." She grinned harder as she spoke. "Well, we are going shopping!" She exclaimed, delighted. She hopped off her chair and bounced around clapping her hands.

A very unusual reaction came from Charlie. "Who said you could? I'm tired of you girls going shopping whenever you like, spending as much as you want and not even bothering with your homework!" He almost growled. I blinked in surprise. He never usually reacted like this.

"I have two essays to write anyway,"I lied, relief flooding me.

"B-but we checked with Mom." Alice replied, her face a look of despair. Charlie still stood firm.

"Sorry dear, I know I promised, but there's a problem." Renee stated softly. I went back upstairs, almost whooping with triumph. I heard Renee talking to Alice in her room. I didn't know what they were talking about, but it sounded private, so I didn't try to interfere. But it seemed that after being talked to by Renee she was much more sensible. I wasn't sure if I thought this was a good thing or not though.

Later, I went back downstairs to ask Charlie something. He was watching TV. "Dad?" I asked quietly.

"Yeah?"

"What was Anthony like today at work?" I needed to be ready if he was going to do anything.

"He acted like nothing had happened. He was especially nice to me today. Too nice." He seemed to be in deep thought. I knew Anthony was up to something. But I didn't know what.

Renee's pov

I had no choice but to explain to Alice our... problem. It always made me feel emotional how she and Rosalie still called me 'Mom', even though through most of their lives when they looked at us they were probably reminded of their old life, real parents, old friends that abandoned them after what had happened to them. Now I was worried; what if I couldn't look after them well enough? What if I couldn't provide them with what they needed?

So, what did you think? Soz again I took so long; loadsa homework. Six pieces in two days. Haven't seen New Moon yet, but I will. I've just finished reading The Host and it's really good, being very slightly like Twilight! Guess what? Apparently Stephanie Meyer's writing a second and third sequel the The Host!!!! Amazing!!!! Yay!!!!

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